Kirk Cousins was at his home in Inver Grove Heights on Sunday night, fresh off a win in his Vikings debut, a game months in the making, and so he had friends and family members over at the new house with plenty to celebrate.

There was, of course, the Vikings’ 24-16 season-opening victory and the pair of touchdown passes that Cousins threw that afternoon. And there was the news to share of another baby on the way — Kirk and wife Julie’s second boy is due to arrive in March.

As Cousins relished the moment, one he’d envisioned in some fashion for more than a year after being franchise tagged for a second time in Washington before the 2017 season, the TV in the family room played Sunday Night Football, a game that for a long time appeared a Bears beatdown as they led 20-0 at halftime.

But as Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers emerged from the locker room for the second half after a left knee injury sidelined him early, Cousins couldn’t help but...